Smooth scrolling should be drafted and implemented for 12.04 LTS
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Ayatana Design |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
GTK+ |
Fix Released
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Wishlist
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Bug Description
Nowadays most devices use smooth scrolling. It has become a de-facto standard, which Ubuntu does not yet support. The basic rationale for smooth scrolling was well summarized in [1]:
* Looks more modern and professional,
* Allows the user to read while they scroll with the mouse wheel,
* In (for example) a Pidgin chat window the motion of a smooth scroll when you receive a message draws you eye: our brains are configured to respond to movement,
* Smooth movement is natural - jerky movement is not,
* Everyone else is doing it!
As a matter of fact, this bug is a long-standing issue and has been upstream since 2003 [2]! Even a patch has been written, which inexplicably was never included.
Questions on AskUbuntu [3] and a brain storm idea [4] which has not gotten much attention show how popular this feature is within the community.
[1] http://
[2] https:/
[3] http://
[4] http://
Changed in gtk: | |
importance: | Unknown → Wishlist |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
Changed in gtk: | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
I totally agree and filed a bug like this myself. the smooth scroll when clicking on the buttons of the ayatana scrollbar looks promising, but how long do we have to wait for it to be integrated into normal scrolling too?????